Indeed, no one ought to be censured for so doing, provided that it be done properly in every respect (si modo decenter ex omni parte fiet), that is, provided there is a sense of whole - ness, a sense of “style” to his enterprise.

Rum, miscetur aqua -- dulci miscetur acetum, fiet et ex tali foedere -- nobile Punch. and our worthy grand-fathers used to take a dose of it every night in their lives, before going to bed, till doctor Cheyne alarmed them by the information, that they were pouring liquid fire down their throats.